Laurel Lee
Republican Representative of Florida's 15th district
Representative
Florida, district 15
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
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Congresses Served
1
House Terms
March 26, 1974 (50 years old)
Birthday
- Served as a U.S. Representative since 2023
- Was a judge on Florida’s Thirteenth Judicial Circuit from 2013 to 2019
- Served as the 30th Secretary of State of Florida from 2019 to 2022
- Began her legal career as an attorney in 2003, later becoming an assistant public defender and then an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida
- Appointed to the judgeship by then-Governor Rick Scott
- Appointed Florida Secretary of State by Governor Ron DeSantis, replacing Mike Ertel
- Made efforts to purge felons from voter rolls due to outstanding court debts before the 2020 election
- Made a criminal referral regarding potentially fraudulent signatures on a petition for a constitutional amendment related to casino gambling
- Resigned as Secretary of State seven months before the 2022 election without providing a reason, then announced candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives
- Won the general election for the U.S. House of Representatives by a wide margin
- Holds committee assignments in the 118th Congress including the Committee on Homeland Security, Committee on House Administration (Chair of the Subcommittee on Elections), and Committee on the Judiciary
- Married to Tom Lee, a former member of the Florida Senate, with whom she has three children
- Lives in Brandon, Florida, and is Protestant